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Monday, July 17, 2017

An Ordo for Pentecost 7 (RCL Proper 16A, 23 July 2017

Please note the following dimensions of this Ordo:1. We are using the complementary series of RCL readings for the First Reading and the Psalm.2. We are beginning with an act of contrition, a 'Kyrie' litany adapted from Common Worship.

12.13 For neither is
there any god besides you, whose care is for all people, to whom you should
prove that you have not judged unjustly.

16 For your strength is
the source of righteousness, and your sovereignty over all causes you to spare
all.17 For you show your
strength when people doubt the completeness of your power, and you rebuke any
insolence among those who know it.18
Although you are sovereign in strength, you judge with mildness, and with great
forbearance you govern us; for you have power to act whenever you choose.

19 Through such works you
have taught your people that the righteous must be kind, and you have filled
your children with good hope, because you give repentance for sins.

Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.

Thanks be to God.

The Psalm

Psalm 86.11-17 from Songs for the Holy One.

Refrain (sung twice):Bring
joy into our lives, O Holy One.

Teach me your ways,
Holy One,

that I may journey
with your truth,

revering your name
with undivided heart.

Your faithful love for me is boundless;

you deliver my life from the depths of the
grave.

Refrain:Bring
joy into our lives, O Holy One.

O God, the arrogant
have risen against me,

a ruthless gang
seeks my life.

They have no
respect for you!

But you, Holy One, a compassionate and
gracious God ---

slow to anger, full of true and faithful love
---

turn to me and be gracious to me.

Refrain:Bring
joy into our lives, O Holy One.

Give your strength
to your servant!

Save your
handmaid’s child!

Show me a sign that all will be well,

so those who hate me may find to their shame

that you, Holy One, have helped and comforted
me.

Refrain:Bring
joy into our lives, O Holy One.

The Second Reading

A reading from Paul’s
Letter to the Romans (8.12-25).

8.12 So then, brothers
and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh —
13 for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by
the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the
Spirit of God are children of God. 15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you
have received a spirit of adoption. When
we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 it
is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of
God, 17 and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs
with Christ — if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified
with him.

18 I consider that the
sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to
be revealed to us. 19 For the
creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; 20
for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will
of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself
will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the
glory of the children of God. 22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; 23
and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the
Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our
bodies. 24 For in hope we
were saved. Now hope that is seen is not
hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25 But if we hope for what we do
not see, we wait for it with patience.

Hear what the
Spirit is saying to the Church.

Thanks be to God.

Hymn before the Gospel

‘Alleluia’Common
Praise #709 (sung twice)

The Gospel

The Lord be with
you.

And also with you.

The Holy Gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew (13.24-30, 36-43).

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

13.24 [Jesus] put before
them another parable: “The kingdom of
heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; 25
but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat,
and then went away. 26 So
when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. 27 And the slaves of the
householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your
field? Where, then, did these weeds come
from?’ 28 He answered, ‘An
enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to
him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he replied, ‘No; for in
gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. 30 Let both of them grow together
until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the
weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my
barn.’”

36 Then [Jesus] left the
crowds and went into the house. And his
disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of
the field.” 37 He answered,
“The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; 38 the field is
the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the
children of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are collected
and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his
angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all
evildoers, 42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine
like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!”

We give you thanks and praise, almighty God, for the
gift of a world full of wonder, and for our life which comes from you.By your power you sustain the universe.

Glory to
you for ever and ever.

You created us to love you with all our heart, and
to love each other as ourselves, but we rebel against you by the evil that we
do.

In Jesus, your Servant, you bring healing to our
world and gather us into one great family.Therefore, with all who serve you on earth and in heaven, we praise your
wonderful name, as we sing,

Holy,
holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your
glory.Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest. [vi]

We give you thanks and praise, loving Creator,
because in sending Jesus, your Beloved, to us you showed us how much you love
us.He cares for the poor and the
hungry.He suffers with the sick and the
rejected.

Betrayed and forsaken, he did not strike back but
overcame hatred with love.On the cross
he defeated the power of sin and death.By raising him from the dead you show us the power of your love to bring
new life to all your people.

Glory to
you for ever and ever.

On the night before he gave up his life for us,
Jesus, at supper with his friends, took bread, gave thanks to you, broke it,
and gave it to them, saying, “Take this, all of you, and eat it:this is my body which is given for you.”

After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine, said the
blessing, gave it to his friends, and said, “Drink this, all of you:this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the
new and eternal covenant, which is shed for you and for all people.Do this in memory of me.”

Glory to
you for ever and ever.

Gracious God, with this bread and wine we celebrate
the death and resurrection of Jesus, and we offer ourselves to you in him.

Send your Holy Spirit on us and on these gifts, so that we may know the presence of
Jesus in the breaking of bread, and share in the life of the family of your
children.

Glory to
you for ever and ever.

Giver of life, you call us to be your servants; fill
us with the courage and love of Jesus, so that all the world may gather in joy
at the table of your kingdom.

We sing your praise, God our Creator, through Jesus,
our Lord, in the power of the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.

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About Me

Richard is a presbyter of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster with a number of responsibilities. He is Rector of Saint Faith's Anglican Church in Vancouver. Richard is also the Principal Consultant for Liturgy Pacific, a worship consultancy providing educational seminars and resources for congregational life and ministry. After 23 years as a member of the faculty of Vancouver School of Theology, Dr Leggett became Professor Emeritus of Liturgical Studies in 2010. Since 1989 Dr Leggett has served on various national committees of the Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Canada and is a regular participant in the work of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation. From 2010 to 2016 he was a Member of the Liturgy Task Force of the Anglican Church of Canada.